These are the times that try men's soles

(Also women's soles, if they try walking on that crap.)

Just got back from an afternoon stroll around the neighborhood, in which various neighbors are not being neighborly. The Civic-Virtue count, measured by public sidewalks cleared by the landowner, seems low. Also C-V count as measured by the pooper-scooper rule.

Also, with sunshine and temperatures up near freezing, we have the freeze-thaw cycle, contributing sections of glare ice to the equation. Oh, well, it's nature's Zamboni for the ice rink in the park.